Politecnico di Bari

I enrolled in both undergrad and master in Mechanical Engineering. I have Always had a passione for Mechanical engineer and so i started my journey in 2011 with Politecnico di Bari. At the same time i was working as a seafare. Therefore i would attend classes and giving as many exams as possibile when i was home (2 month) and studing while working (4month on board). I was conscious that becoming an Engineer requires a solid background in math, physics.... However i wanted to get Engineering skills, solving problems, designing plants and machineries, perform numerical simulations, creating models, design a production process... Basically learn to create something. Once done with the undergrad course i felt like... "Ok, i have lots of theory and no way to use It for something useful ( you can understand the Navier eq perfectly, but you can't solve in detail a flow in a centrifugal compressor without the help of a computer). Maybe, those practical things are thought at the master degree course. I'm young, let's enroll and dedicate to It properly. It's Two years... If i study hard i ll finish soon and get what i want"... Well, It turns out It doesn't really work that way.... In fact, apparently, classes are not there to actually teach you something (maybe only 20%  of them yes). Classes are there because they Need to tell you a bunch of things (lot's of It but never complete enough to do something) in 4 months that u should memorize and repeat to the professor during the examination day. So doesn t really matter if you learnt something useful for your carrier or something that actually can Give you value when applying for a job. At the end of the course, if you didn't practice, dag deeper to actually complete what you learnt Just ti make it useful, Just ti be able to day Hey, i can do this, or get involved by yourself in something specific, you'll have nothing to sell to any employer. As a matter of fact, After ggetting a master degree you can only AIM to get few internship and a riddiculus salary. So Yes, they tell you a whole bunch of things, lots of things. Lots of theory that you can learn by heart and never learn to apply if not by your self and, if you are lucky, you ll get an internship. So Is It a good university? For me it's not. Would i have done again if i could go back in time? Yes but for fun and because Is close to where i leader and it wouldn t require more expenses, not for improving my chances of getting a job. The they Say they are an eccellente, they can perform very well certain tasks for certain industries. Very well, "bravi", but a university should also focus on the students. Otherwise you are offerring services ti industries while tricking people to enroll when you don t even have enough sits. If you are looking into gaining skills that May Be useful to a business... I would suggest One of these private courses. Due you know that you can become a Mechanical designer with Just 3000 euros for an Autodesk inventor professional certificate? Did you know that those private companies also guarantee 3 job interview?  Why on earth One can be a "progettista meccanico" in a year and find a job while getting a master in Mechanical Engineering cannot even guarantee you an internship? Good luck

We had to study theory and practice (not too mch) with the aim to be simply perfect during each one of the 30 interviews (written and oral test) or no way to pass: some tests let just 1/2 students on even over 80/100 pass written part. 
Such an approach was very hard and many students quitted. But it made all of us able to get to the end the ability to face any difficult task during our daily work: there is nothing I cannot solve!
I have been working with many very competent engineers and graduates in many disciplines during my entire working experience and I can state we have a very wide overview in respect to many of them, I think it's a consequence of such a very hard selection.

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I had a lot of expectations before arriving Bari from Nigeria as a self sponsored Masters student in January 2020. 
It hasn't been an easy one, no orientations,  no laid down specifics as to organization both for settling as an immigrant and also for school. 
Hopes of finding a student job to ease of the burden of bills such as food, electricity, internet, transport where dashed as I have been searching before the pandemic and couldn't find. 
Making new friends was not also easy (language barrier) and I observed Italians are a little laid back also. 
I've started learning the language, it's pretty much exciting and I can communicate to some extent in Italian.

I had a lot of expectations before arriving Bari from Nigeria as a self sponsored Masters student in January 2020. 
It hasn't been an easy one, no orientations,  no laid down specifics as to organization both for settling as an immigrant and also for school. 
Hopes of finding a student job to ease of the burden of bills such as food, electricity, internet, transport where dashed as I have been searching before the pandemic and couldn't find. 
Making new friends was not also easy (language barrier) and I observed Italians are a little laid back also. 
I've started learning the language, it's pretty much exciting and I can communicate to some extent in Italian.

Not all courses prepare you for a professional career. The professors are good teachers, but not all of them are always available outside the timetable. The exams are difficult and highly educational. Student associations work quite well. The Polytechnic has invested funds in new student's structures and activities, but only in the last year and this is not enough in comparison with other universities (Italian and European). The Polytechnic fails to provide at tools and material useful for student development.